“Simplify, simplify. Instead of three meals a day, if it be necessary eat but one.”

Theme: Simple Abundance

Remove one excess from your day. See if less creates more room to breathe.

“I love to see a wild plant grow. It does not ask to be noticed, but it is noticed anyway.”

Theme: Growing Slowly

Do one thing for your own growth that no one will see. Trust the underground work.

“It's not what you look at that matters, it's what you see.”

Theme: Seeing Clearly

Look at a familiar object as if for the first time. What do you actually see?

“I went to the woods because I wished to live deliberately.”

Theme: Gathering In

Gather one deliberate moment today. Let it be intentional and complete.

“As a single footstep will not make a path on the earth, so a single thought will not make a pathway in the mind.”

Theme: Letting Fall

Let one unhelpful thought fall away without following it.

“The question is not what you look at, but what you see.”

Theme: Winter Clarity

Look out at the winter landscape. What do you see that summer hides?